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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

English does have an above-average percentage of loanwords, but not the highest. Armenian and Romani are over 90% borrowings, for example.

Also, note that "smorgasbord" has undergone significant phonological adaptation in its borrowing to fit English's phonotactics - it's definitely not borrowed as-is.

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